'I told him those Beatles can't be trusted'

'I told him those Beatles can't be trusted'

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norman lebrecht

October 25, 2011

Allan Williams, who sort-of managed the Beatles before Brian Epstein stepped in and got them a record deal, has been spilling his regrets to a Scottish biographer.

After sort-of selling them to Epstein for £9 in unpaid Hamburg commissions – a very small mess of pottage – Mr Williams advised the new manager:  “Don’t touch them with a fucking bargepole, they will let you down.”

But he’s not sorry. Really he isn’t. Read more here.

 

photo: Liverpool Daily Echo

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